Bar Lake Swamp
- Apr–Sep
- best months
Bar Lake Swamp is a 966-acre lake near Manistee Township, Michigan, at about 591 feet.
Local outfitters
- Wilderness Canoe Trips29 mi away
- Chippewa Landing45 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Bar Lake OutletBeach2.6 mi
- Onekama Township BeachBeach2.9 mi
Orchard Beach State ParkState parkPhoto: rossograph, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.4 mi- Fifth Avenue BeachBeach5.7 mi
- Cross Country Ski TrailCross-country skiing5.7 mi
- 1st Street Boat LaunchBoat launch6.1 mi
- Rainbow BendBoat launch6.4 mi
- MARZINSKI HORSE TRAILHiking7.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Manistee LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Manistee RiverRiver fishing · ~36 min drive
- Nichols Lake South CampgroundPier fishing · ~1h 17m drive
- Lake EmmaLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Platte RiverRiver fishing · ~46 min drive
- Butcher LakeLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Clarence LakeLake fishing · ~22 min drive
- Dickson LakeLake fishing · ~23 min drive
- Ford LakeLake fishing · ~35 min drive
- Hodenpyl Dam PondLake fishing · ~43 min drive
Best time to visit Bar Lake Swamp
Best months: April–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 19°
17 wet
Feb
32° / 19°
13 wet
Mar
42° / 25°
11 wet
Apr
55° / 35°
12 wet
May
67° / 45°
12 wet
Jun
76° / 54°
10 wet
Jul
80° / 59°
10 wet
Aug
78° / 59°
10 wet
Sep
72° / 52°
11 wet
Oct
59° / 42°
15 wet
Nov
46° / 33°
15 wet
Dec
35° / 24°
16 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Manistee 3se, MI, 7.6 mi away at 670 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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